Fill is dumped in a field at the farm at 29 Overlook Road, Rutland, on Feb. 25.

Soil-filling operations at two farms are clear to proceed after the Board of Health lifted a cease-and-desist order tonight.

The board voted unanimously to allow Lighthouse Environmental Management LLC of Clinton to resume operations at the Jordan Dairy Farm, 51 Muschopauge Road, and Overlook Farm, 29 Overlook Road, after site visits from several state and local agencies found no evidence of soil contamination.

“As soon as the weather breaks, we'll be back in business,” said Randy E. Jordan, owner of Jordan Dairy Farm. “I'm very pleased. I felt confident because of the meetings we've been having the past two weeks.”

Philip D. Guerin, director of environmental systems for the Worcester Department of Public Works and Parks, said the city still has concerns about the quality of the imported soil, noting that any erosion from the properties would flow into Muschopauge Brook and the Quinapoxet Reservoir in Holden, which is part of Worcester's drinking water supply. Reservoirs for the Holden and Rutland water systems are also nearby.

Kevin F. Gervais, owner of Lighthouse, said the Rutland Conservation Commission, state Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Recreation had walked the site and had no objections, but he acknowledged that draining patterns would change as more fill arrives. He and Mr. Jordan agreed to allow Worcester to hire a third party to perform soil tests on both the current fill and on trucks as they arrive.

“We have nothing to hide,” said Mr. Jordan.

Lighthouse is acting as a broker between the Rutland farms and three Boston-area construction sites that need fill sites for some 250,000 cubic yards of excavated earth — MIT, Pier 4 in downtown Boston, and Route 128 roadwork in Randolph. Mr. Guerin said the soil was described to him as “relatively clean material from contaminated sites.”

“How do you ensure that the clean material is what gets on the truck?” he asked.

Mr. Gervais said “licensed site professionals” — licensed by the state but employed by the project owners and brokers such as himself — supervise and track every load. He said it would be “very, very difficult for a slipup to happen.”

The Board of Health had ordered Mr. Gervais to halt his fill operations in February, after neighbors started noticing a steady stream of 18-wheelers making deliveries to the farms.

Town boards had not been notified of the operation and no permit was required, as long as it remained outside of wetlands zones. This week, Mr. Gervais said the town can expect to see an average of 20 to 25 trucks each day making the trip to the Rutland farms, although the number will vary from day to day, depending on activity at the three excavation sites.

According to a letter from Lighthouse to the Board of Health, the fill is being trucked to two plots on the Jordan property, of about 20 acres each, and 10 acres at Overlook Farm.

Meanwhile, the Board of Selectmen tonight voted to join forces with the Conservation Commission to formally request a public meeting with Philip Nadeau of the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The vote came in response to a report from Joseph Dell'Aquila, chairman of the Conservation Commission, of a March 6 tour of the wetland area around Overlook and Jordan Dairy farms. The tour to survey the conditions was conducted by representatives from the commission, DEP, the Department of Public Works, Lighthouse Environmental Management and the two farms.

During the meeting, Mr. Dell'Aquila read a letter describing the tour, saying that at the time, “Mr. Nadeau noted siltation (the accumulation of fine sediment) in a small stream flowing into a wetland area where some siltation had also occurred.”

Mr. Dell'Aquila said that after an hour of walking the site, “Mr. Nadeau did not note any wetland violations.”

When asked to provide a report to the Conservation Commission revealing his finding, “he refused,” Mr. Dell'Aquila said.

Selectmen expressed concern about the safety of the untested soil being dumped near three reservoirs that provide drinking water to Worcester, Holden and Rutland.

“No one's challenged these people about what is in the soil,” Louis Cornacchioli, a local resident said during the meeting.